Since October 2020, Dave Spielmann is IMBA Schweiz new director. Dave succeeds Martin Wyttenbach who did the preparatory work getting IMBA Schweiz started and now returns to the Zurich University of Applied Science to be in charge of the...
Blue, black, double black diamond or S4? Moderate, advanced or Pro Line? And what exactly makes a trail blue, red or black? Trail difficulty rating systems come in all shapes and sizes and are far from homogenous. But they do serve a purpose....
For immediate release photo courtesy of: IMBA The project consortium involved in the DIRTT project (Developing Intereuropean Resources for Trail Building Training) delivered its first research...
Trash Free Trails and Take Care of Your Trails : Become a mountain bike citizen scientist Today we kick off a full month of volunteer trail work events across Europe. Activities range from trail repairs, trail maintenance work, re-routing or...
After months of event cancellations, there's a bit of light at the end ot the tunnel. Zermatt will kick off the first Enduro World Series round of this year on Saturday the 29th and Sunday the 30th of August. The EWS first touched ground in...
The first stage of the DIRTT project (Developing Intereuropean Resources for Trail Building Training) included two surveys conducted by Edinburgh Napier University (ENU). The key findings of the MTB trail sector and consumer (rider) survey have...
The experience of a lockdown led to an increase in people discovering the outdoors and looking for healthy recreation closer to home. The benefits of outdoor sports and getting out in nature in general for people’s wellbeing and (mental) health...
Like many other businesses, MTB guides and instructors have also suffered from the corona crisis during the lock-down phase. Even though international travelling is nowhere near its ‘old’ volume, the guiding sector is slowly getting back on its...
IMBA Europe is happy to announce the relaunch of the annual Take Care of Your Trails campaign, the largest voluntary trail repair, build and clean-up effort by local trail crews all over Europe. The 2020 campaign will take place in September...
In this context of the health crisis, ENOS has taken action to highlight the added value that outdoor sports can bring for individuals and communities and can be used to help in the process of restoration following the many challenges Europe is...
